Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 1 July (WA 296), whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) would hold information about the use of eggs in research if the records of a licensed centre are inspected by the HFEA when a licence is reviewed; and, if so, why the number of eggs contributed to research according to HFEA records was less than the number described elsewhere as having been used to generate embryos for research over the corresponding time period.
Answer
In respect to the use of eggs for research, I refer the noble Lord to my Written Answer of 23 June 2010 (Official Report, col. WA 184). The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it has nothing further to add to the information given in that Answer.